FROM “OO-OUCH!” TO “OH WOW!”

When a wood sculptor wants to create a work of art, he starts with a log and begins to fashion it with a sharp chisel.

He meticulously cuts it, shapes it, scrapes it, sands it, digs again, cuts again etc until he has his finished product.  The once unattractive log, which might otherwise have ended being burned in the fireplace, has now become a beautiful masterpiece that can be displayed with pride by the one who fashioned it.

STAND FAST!

A new pastor was visiting his Church members in a fairly remote farming area.  As he drove into one property, he stopped to talk to a young lad who was patting a horse, and after a while the pastor asked the lad if the horse could run fast.

NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM

According to the ancient philosopher Aristotle, “Nature abhors a vacuum.” Aristotle’s conclusion was based on his observation that nature requires every space to be filled with something, even if that something is invisible, colourless, and odourless air.

NO COMPARISON

SHAKESPEARE could take a worthless piece of paper, write a poem on it, and instantly make it worth thousands of dollars.  That is called GENIUS.

Da VINCI could take a fifty cent piece of canvas, paint a picture on it and make it worth many thousands of dollars. That is called ART.

LESSONS FROM VALUABLE MULES

Two mules were issued with a death certificate in 1913. The certificates are displayed at the No 9 Mine Museum in Lansford Pennsylvania.  Mine mules were considered more valuable than mine workers and received more care than the men.

THE ONION IS A LILY?

Liliaceae is a large family, with hundreds of exotic species in cultivation. They include hyacinths, tulips, ONIONS, as well as the TRUE LILLIES.

HE “MET HIS WATERLOO”

The word Waterloo has entered the English vocabulary as a slang term: meaning that one who has met with defeat, after victories, is said to have “met his Waterloo”